I bought a couple of Hawking Technology PCI 10/100 for $9.90 each at Fry's
Same brand as my hub that I've had no trouble with. Plugged them in and they
were recognised as "Realtek". Left them as that and no problems at all. I'm
going through it right now.
On Saturday 22 December 2001 09:17 am, you wrote:
> Yes this is also a firewall. Here is the URL for the e-smith whitepaper
> discussing security
> http://www.e-smith.org/docs/papers/e-smith-security.html.
> Security is something that I am not quite up to spped on so if you see
> anything in here that does'nt ake sense or is not secure, let me know.
>
> By the way, what cheapie 10/100 PCI NIC's are you using, I've had trouble
> with NICs also.
>
> Charlie
>
> Regards Charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Achtenberg" <tachtenberg@qwest.net>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:33 PM
> Subject: Re: e-Smith
>
> > OK,I d/l and burned 5.0 and installed it. Installation went very smooth
>
> once
>
> > I junked my 3Com 3c509's and got a couple of cheapie 10/100 PCI NIC's.
> > Im behind it right now with priviate IP's on all but the gateway box. It
>
> gets
>
> > the dhcp from Qwest and is the dhcp for the private network.
> >
> > Only thing I'm not clear on is if this is aalso a fire wall. Is it safe
>
> to
>
> > turn off the individual fire walls on the local machines? Is there any
> > configuration need to do on this?
> >
> > On Thursday 20 December 2001 07:40 am, you wrote:
> > > Hi, on my home server, which I do all my testing on I'm running 5.0,
> > > and
>
> on
>
> > > the 2 production servers, I'm still running 4.1. I downloaded and
> > > burned
>
> a
>
> > > disk for 5.0, but the 4.1 I got from a disk from Linux Format Magazine
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Tom Achtenberg" <tachtenberg@qwest.net>
> > > To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 11:40 PM
> > > Subject: Re: e-Smith
> > >
> > > > Charlie,
> > > > What version of e-smith are you running?
> > > >
> > > > On Tuesday 18 December 2001 08:21 pm, you wrote:
> > > > > Hi, I got into linux via a gateway microserver, which was actually
> > > > > a
> > >
> > > cobalt
> > >
> > > > > qube. I really liked it but became sort of bored as there is not
>
> much
>
> > > that
> > >
> > > > > can be done with it other than what it comes with. Since them I
> > > > > have
> > >
> > > been
> > >
> > > > > using various linux distros for both desktop and server, primarily
>
> Suse
>
> > > > > andRedHat. I always wanted to be able to duplicate all the cube
> > >
> > > functions
> > >
> > > > > using a normal distro, but my linux abilities are not totally there
> > > > > yet.
> > > > >
> > > > > Then I stumbled upon e-smith which duplicates all the microserver
> > >
> > > functions
> > >
> > > > > and more. I have 3 working installations, one at home
> > > > > which I am using as a firewall, proxy server, samba server, print
> > > > > server and outgoing l server, also I use it as a test web and mail
> > > > > server.
> > >
> > > This
> > >
> > > > > on a dialup connection. It works great although I have been able to
> > >
> > > break
> > >
> > > > > it whith a lot of effort. I had used the backup program that comes
>
> with
>
> > > it
> > >
> > > > > and did a new clean install and a resore and it was back to the way
>
> it
>
> > > was
> > >
> > > > > before. This one I have upgraded to version 5, which took all of my
> > > > > previous seting and kept them in the new installation.
> > > > >
> > > > > I also have 2 production machines, both using DSL connections. One
>
> has
>
> > > > > 4 userers. All they use it for is a firewall/proxy server. The
> > > > > other installation has 15 users. Currently we are using it as a
> > > > > firewall/proxy server, a samba server and a VPN server using PopTop
> > > > > pptp, which comes
> > >
> > > with
> > >
> > > > > it. I administer all of the boxes using ssh, you can easily turn
> > > > > telnet, ftp, web and VPN on and off. This week we are going to put
>
> up a
>
> > > > > low
> > >
> > > volume
> > >
> > > > > web site and start running our own mail server off of this machine.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm real happy so far.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Charlie
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Tom Achtenberg" <tachtenberg@qwest.net>
> > > > > To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 5:13 PM
> > > > > Subject: e-Smith
> > > > >
> > > > > > Any one know anything about this e-Smith gateway/firewall
> > > > > > software
>
> I
>
> > > > > picked
> > > > >
> > > > > > up at the last West side meeting? I'm ready to put in a
> > > > > > dedicated gateway/firewall box and move everything else to a
> > > > > > private
>
> intranet
>
> > > and
> > >
> > > > > was
> > > > >
> > > > > > wondering if this is decent or would something else be better.
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